Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. On Ashura
day, Imam Husayn, the holy prophet Muhammad’s grandson and all 72 of
his companions including his six-month-old infant, Hazrat Ali Asghar,
were killed in the battle of Karbala.

Shia Muslim people and other Imam Husayn’s lovers commemorate the day of Ashura by taking part in mourning ceremonies and processions held worldwide.

In the Name of Allah, the Source of General Mercy to all Humanity, the Source of Specific Grace to the Believers

Peace
be upon you O’ Aba ‘Abdillah; Peace be upon you O’ son of the Messenger
of Allah; Peace be upon you O’ son of the Commander of the Faithful and
the son of the leader of the inheritors (of the Prophet); Peace be upon
you O’ son of Fatimah, the leader of the women of the entire Universe.

Peace
be upon you O’ the one who was killed and whose blood has not yet been
avenged – and whose avenging is in the hands of Allah and peace be upon
you, the son of one who was killed and whose blood has not yet been
avenged (Imam ‘Ali b. Abi Talib) and peace be upon you O’ the one who
was alone, an individual (killed). Peace be upon you and also upon those
souls who accompanied you to your annihilation.

O’
Aba ‘Abdillah! Surely the tribulations are great and unbearable and
your tragedy is great for us, and for all the people of Islam and
unbearable and great is your tragedy in the heavens and for all of the
dwellers of the heavens.

May
my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Surely my sorrow for you is
great and I pray to Allah who has honoured your status and has also
honoured me through you that He grant me the opportunity to seek your
revenge with the victorious Imam from the family of Muhammad.

O’
Aba ‘Abdillah! Surely I seek closeness to Allah and to His Messenger
and to the Commander of the Faithful and to Fatimah and to Hasan and to
you through love of you and through distancing myself from those who
laid the foundations and those who built upon and carried out oppression
and cruelty upon you all and upon your followers.

I
disassociate myself from them through Allah and through all of you and I
seek nearness to Allah and then to you through love for you and your
friends and disassociation with your enemies and from those who want to
fight against you and disassociation from their adherents and followers.

Surely
I am at peace with those who are at peace with you and I am at war with
those who are at war with you and I am a friends to those who are
friends to you and I am an enemy to those who are enemies to you.

So
then I ask Allah who has honoured me with a cognizance of all of you
and a cognizance of your friends that He also grant me the opportunity
to disassociate myself from your enemies and that He place me with you –
both in the transient world and also in the next life – and that he
make me firm in your presence with a truthful stance both in the
transient world and also the next life.

And
I ask Him (Allah) that He enables me to reach to the honoured station
with you in the presence of Allah and that He grant me the ability to
seek the revenge of you with the rightly guided Imam from you, who shall
surely come and speak the truth.

And
I ask Allah for your sake and for the status and rank which you have
with Him that He grant me that thing due to me showing grief and sorrow
at your sorrows even more than of that which he gives in a person’s own
grief and sorrows, and what great sorrow and tragedies you faced! How
great was your tragedy for Islam and for all of the inhabitants of the
heavens and the Earth!

O’
Allah! This is the day (the Day of ‘Ashura) which the Bani Umayyah
rejoiced upon (and is the day when the) son of the liver eater (the son
of Hind b. Abu Sufyan – Mu’awiyah and his son Yazid) celebrated, the
cursed son(s) (Yazid) of the cursed (Mu’awiyah), as said by You and Your
Prophet at every place and occasion.

O’
Allah! Curse Abu Sufyan and Mu’awiyah and Yazid b. Mu’awiyah – upon
them may Your curse be forever and eternity. And this is the day when
the family of Ziyad were happy and so were the family of Marwan at their
killing of Husayn, may the Prayers of Allah be upon him. O’ Allah!
Increase upon them Your curse and (Your) painful punishment.

O’
Allah! Surely I seek nearness to you on this day (the Day of ‘Ashura)
and in this place (which I am in) and in all days of my life by
disassociating myself from these people and sending curses upon them and
through my love and friendship to Your Prophet and the family of Your
Prophet, peace be upon him and upon all of them.

O’
Allah! Curse the first tyrant who oppressed the right of Muhammad and
the family of Muhammad and the next person who followed him on this
path. O’ Allah! Curse the group who fought against Husayn and those who
followed them and supported them and assisted them in killing him. O’
Allah, curse all of them!

Peace
be upon you O’ Aba ‘Abdillah and upon the souls which were annihilated
with you. Upon you, from me, is the peace of Allah for eternity, as long
as the night and the day remain and please do not make this (Ziyarat)
as my last contact with you. Greetings be upon Husayn, and upon ‘Ali the
son of Husayn and upon the children of Husayn and upon the companions
of Husayn.

O’
Allah! Particularly curse the first tyrant, a curse from me, and begin
the first curse with him and then send the curse on the second and the
third and then the forth (tyrant). O’ Allah curse Yazid, the fifth
(tyrant) and curse ‘Ubaydullah b. Ziyad and Ibne Marjanah and ‘‘Umar b.
Sa’d and Shimr and the family of Sufyan and the family of Ziyad and the
family of Marwan until the day of Judgement.

O’
Allah! To you belongs the praise, the praise of those who are thankful
to You for their tribulations. All Praise belongs to Allah for my
intense grief. O’ Allah, grant me the blessing of intercession of Husayn
on the Day of Appearance (before You) and strengthen me with a truthful
stand in Your presence along with Husayn and the companions of Husayn –
those people who sacrificed everything for Husayn, peace be upon him.

The holy prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Husayn
(PBUH) gave everything he had to save the whole mankind. He revived
Islam by his blood to save the humanity, therefore each year, Shia Muslim people across the world donate blood on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husayn (PBUH) on the day ofAshura to save the lives of people.